My Story of Making and Sewing Hides: Penny Louie

Penny Louie, Kaska/Tahltan artist, explains step-by-step how to prepare a hide for tanning. Louie shares her knowledge about preparing moose hides and sewing skins so that the art of tanning skins the old traditional way will continue for future generations.

Open Space respectfully acknowledges that we are located on the unceded territories of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. We seek to honour and uphold these ongoing relationships to the land and its stewards as we work on these territories.

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